The girl group, made up of Caroline, Lauren, Sophia and Yasmin, heaped praise on their fellow stars and opened up on controversial duo Brooks Way
FOUR of Diamonds have defended Honey G after they lost out on their place on the X Factor last night – while the controversial rapper was saved.
The girl group insisted Honey – real name Anna Guildford – “deserved” her place in the music contest as she works so hard.
The band - made up of Caroline, Lauren, Yasmin and Sophia - have also jumped to the defence of mentor Louis Walsh, insisting they couldn’t wish for a more “caring” judge.
Speaking about their departure last night, the girls exclusively told The Sun Online: “It was sad to go home but we lost out to a great act [Saara Aalto]. We’re really pleased and happy for this experience. We’re so grateful.”
And asked about Honey G being kept in the competition, despite furious backlash from viewers, they told us: “We all love Honey G, she’s great and she works so hard. She deserves her place as much as anyone else in the competition now.
"We’re happy for her to still be in and us be out now.”
They insisted: “Honey G is so nice, she’s a lovely woman and we get on so well with her. She works so hard, she’s in her room until the early hours practising. She really deserves her place in the competition.”
And it’s not just Honey they’re full of praise for, as despite claims there had been tension with mentor Louis, all four girls couldn’t gush about him more.
“Louis doesn’t get enough credit as a mentor, he is so lovely to work with and he’s so caring,” Lauren told us.
“We spend so much time with him, we have his number, we used to call and text him all the time… He really cares, and I don’t think many people see that side of him.
“On camera, he plays up to the jokes and he is hilarious, but he really does care about his acts.”
The girls insisted they would “100 per cent” choose Louis again, adding: “He has been nothing but incredible with us.”
Asked about Simon’s previous comments, when the X Factor boss told them to ignore what Louis advised them to do, they responded: “Everyone’s going to have their own opinions. We have worked closely with Louis every week… He’s been great.”
The girl group got off to a rocky start on the live shows, as they were brought in to replace Brooks Way at the last minute, as the duo quit amid assault allegations.
But they have remained firm friends with the brothers, and added: “Brooks Way are lovely boys we love them to bits, we grew so close to them. It was bittersweet when we were invited back in because we were devastated that their journey had ended.”
Four of Diamonds broke down in tears ahead of the performance on Saturday over negative comments they had received online, after they were saved over singer Gifty Louise.
And Lauren admitted: “It’s really hard to put them back in your head. You read so many and some are really personal. We’re all young girls, we’re insecure as it is, it’s hard. But we’re lucky, there’s four of us and we support each other.”
The Sun exclusively revealed previously that the band had been formed in a workshop, after all four girls auditioned as solo artists.
And explaining exactly how it happened, Caroline revealed: “We had our producers audition, and interviewed as solo artists, then management company got involved which was separate from the show got in touch, and they put us together at a workshop, before we met the judges as a group.
She added: “It’s been hard for us because we had that extra step… We couldn’t have done this as solo artists. We’ve got each other now, we’re sisters.”
While Ryan Lawrie and Emily Middlemas are more loved up than ever, Lauren admitted there’s no other romances in the house.
She said of the young couple: “ Ryan and Emily are so sweet. It’s hard because technically they’re in competition. Eventually one of them will go and that’s going to be really heartbreaking.”
The girls also appeared on Lorraine today, and Yasmin said: "We are so happy to have got this far. We got sent out at Judges Houses, and now we're back here, we're just so grateful."
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